The Château de Cerisy-la-Salle, located in the French commune of
Cerisy-la-Salle
Cerisy-la-Salle () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.[département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...]
'', region of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
), hosts the Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle (CCIC), a prestigious venue for intellectual and scholarly encounters founded in 1952 by
Anne Heurgon-Desjardins. The center is the home of the famous ''"Colloques de Cerisy"'' ("Cerisy Conferences"), a series of seminars which constitute an important reference in the recent history of French intellectual life. The expression ''"Colloque de Cerisy"'' also refers to the proceedings of these seminars, available from various publishers.
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Cultural heritage of France
Education in Normandy
Academic conferences